"I was thrown into the cold palace at the age of fourteen, how will I live after this?" Thinking of the fourteen-year-old girl who wants to stay in the cold palace for the rest of her life, Wang Xu felt a little sympathetic.

You must know that Concubine Wen's father, Suke Saha, was beheaded under the pretext of an unforgivable crime, although the person who framed him was Aobai, but it was still Kangxi who gave the order.

In the future, even if Aobai falls, Kangxi will not be able to take back his fate, after all, Jun has no jokes, so Suke Saha can only be an unforgivable sin.

As for Concubine Wen, the palace is a place that is easy to forget, the emperor can't spoil so many beauties every day, after three or five months, who can still remember who Concubine Wen is, and the lonely old cold palace is her end.

"It's a pity!" Wang Xu didn't ask any more questions, and stepped forward to start cooking.

The person in charge of cooking was the little eunuch in the imperial dining room, and there were three people in total, each with a wooden barrel in front of him.

Wang Xu took a closer look, and there was a wooden barrel with cabbage stewed tofu, a wooden barrel with potatoes and beans, and a wooden barrel with rice.

These meals prepared for the little eunuch and the little palace maid were not placed in the imperial dining room, but just outside the courtyard.

The people who were cooking came in a long line, entering from the south gate and exiting from the north gate, and the order was very different one by one.

When it was Wang Xu's turn, the little eunuch who was cooking saw that Wang Xu was more faceless, and asked casually: "Boy, is it new, which father-in-law is it with?" ”

"Hai Dafu, Hai Gonggong." Wang Xu replied truthfully, and then added: "I will also take back Gonggong Hai's share." ”

Hearing that it was Grandpa Hai's person, the little eunuch knew the rules, turned around and shouted: "Bring out Grandpa Hai's food and let this little brother take it back." ”

Hai Dafu is a big eunuch, and what he eats, of course, can't be the same as a little eunuch.

Wang Xu looked up at the imperial dining room and found that the meal prepared for Hai Dafu had already been prepared by the chef inside, and someone brought it out with a shout.

There are two food boxes in total, each with four layers, stacked layer by layer, which looks both elegant and high-grade.

Wang Xu opened the food box and saw that fried meat with bamboo shoots, fried meat with fungus, pine nut corn, and fried lotus root were all relatively light dishes.

In another food box, there is shredded chicken, a small plate of roast lamb chops, four steamed buns, and a cup of carp soup.

"Grandpa Hai has a light taste and doesn't like dishes that are too strong, which are specially prepared for his old man by the masters of the imperial dining room." The little eunuch saw Wang Xu checking the food box, and whispered a few words of warning, and then lowered his voice and said: "New here, I heard that the people in your worship room are going to die, did anyone tell you about our rules?" ”

"What rules?" Wang Xu has no guide, the rules know him, he doesn't know the rules.

As soon as the little eunuch heard this, he understood, hooked his finger at Wang Xu, and whispered: "The food here can make people fade out of the bird, do you want to eat something good?" One or two silver, add three meat dishes for you, two vegetarian dishes, and rice steamed buns to eat as you like. Three taels of silver, five meat dishes + five vegetarian dishes, and a pot of wine. Ten taels of silver, hehe, what the nobles in the palace eat, you will eat today. ”

"And this?" Wang Xu listened to the spirit, but he didn't expect that there were so many doorways hidden in the small imperial dining room.

The little eunuch smiled and said nothing, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, and relying on the imperial dining room, of course, it is the imperial dining room.

There are not many other things in the imperial dining room, flying in the sky, walking on the ground, swimming in the sea, only you have not heard of it, and there is nothing that you have not done here.

According to the rules, there is a quota for who eats what.

But the rules are dead, people are alive, where there will be no flexibility.

For example, Concubine Wen was beaten into the cold palace, but her grade was still a concubine, and there were at least twelve dishes in one meal.

But in fact, Concubine Wen in the cold palace eats the same as the little eunuch and the little palace maid, and the treatment she deserves has long been intercepted.

Through this kind of black-box operation, the imperial dining room has 1,800 taels of silver every day, which is also the reason why the imperial dining room has little power, but the little eunuchs want to drill into it.

"Sure enough, it's a meerkat and a cat, and the rat has its own way, and each has its own way!" Wang Xu quietly stretched out his hand, stuffed a piece of broken silver for the little eunuch, and said in a low voice: "Go..."

The little eunuch shrunk his hand in his sleeve, weighed it lightly, and quietly entered the imperial dining room.

Wang Xu waited outside for a few minutes, and the little eunuch came out with a handyman with a food box, and whispered: "Twelve dishes, there are meat and vegetarian dishes, and a pot of imperial wine." This handyman will help you bring the food box over, and you will come back with the food box in a while, my name is Fat Dahai, remember to find me next time you have this matter. ”

Wang Xu didn't speak, just looked at the handyman.

The handyman is an acquaintance, standing aside and frowning, who else could it be if it wasn't Wei Xiaobao.

It seems that he did not enter the purification room by mistake, Wei Xiaobao still entered the palace to do errands under the arrangement of the Heaven and Earth Society, and as soon as he came, he arrived at the imperial dining room, a place where he could deal with anyone.

Judging from here, the Heaven and Earth Society also has power in the palace, no wonder they dare to shout the slogan of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and it is indeed blooming everywhere.

"Father-in-law, can I serve more tofu soup, my master is sick, I want to bring her some hot soup back." Wang Xu was just about to leave here, and Wen Xing, who was queuing up on the other side, discussed with the little eunuch who was cooking.

The little eunuch is not easy to impress, there are so many poor people in the deep palace, and there are no bones left that have been eaten by sympathetic people a long time ago, so he just sneered: "There are many people who want to drink tofu soup, what about the rules?" ”

There is only one rule in the imperial dining room, if you have money, you will have everything, and if you don't have money, you will not talk about anything.

Wen Xing's face was slightly red, Concubine Wen had been beaten into the cold palace for a month, and the things that were rewarded had already been taken away by the Internal Affairs Office, how could the two of them have money.

Although tofu soup is not expensive, only two copper coins per bowl, she doesn't have this money.

"Fourteen-year-old little Lori, it's just when you need to take care of it, I'd better give some warmth." Wang Xu was a little sympathetic to Concubine Wen's plight, turned his head to Wei Xiaobao and said, "Put down a food box for them." ”

"Okay..."Wei Xiaobao couldn't see the girl being wronged the most, and after hearing Wang Xu's words, he couldn't help but put a food box on the ground.

Wen Xing's face was flustered, and she said flatteredly: "I can't help it, my master and I have nothing to repay you." ”

"You don't need to repay it, if you can help, you can help, and it's also a merit." Wang Xu didn't care about Wen Xing's attitude, and quickly left with Wei Xiaobao.

Wen Xing looked at his departing back, until the little eunuch who was cooking muttered: "This kid is a person who does big things." ”

"Why?" Wen Xing asked subconsciously.

The little eunuch smiled, pointed to the food box and said, "Do you think, who can be so relaxed under the hands of people who do small things?" ”

Wang Xu, who left, didn't know what was going on behind it, and left the imperial dining room with Wei Xiaobao.

Wei Xiaobao has a lively personality, and he has not spoken before because his status is not high, and the people in the imperial dining room have warned him not to talk nonsense.

After there was no one left and right now, Wei Xiaobao suddenly couldn't help it, trotted up with the food box, and asked, "Brother, thank you for the reminder before, otherwise I would have entered the palace as a eunuch." No, I'm not saying that being a eunuch is bad, a eunuch is good, think about Zhao Gao, think about Wei Zhongxian, think about Liu Jin..."

"These guys didn't end well!" Wang Xu glanced at Wei Xiaobao and frowned, "What do you want to say?" ”

"I just think the two of us are quite fateful, the younger brother's surname is Wei Xiaobao, a person from Lichun Courtyard in Hualiu Hutong in Beijing, I don't know the eldest brother's surname?" Wei Xiaobao is an undercover agent of the Heaven and Earth Society, and the purpose of entering the palace is to get the forty-two chapters of the scriptures that hide the treasures of the Manchu Dynasty, and making friends is of course the first place.

Wang Xu didn't know what Wei Xiaobao was thinking, but he could see that Wei Xiaobao was close to him again, so he said: "Among the old eunuchs who sweep the floor, there are many people who are deaf and dumb, do you know why?" ”

"Why?"

"Because they talk too much and hear too much, and not listening or talking is the way to live here."